Screen.



A. ROTH, JR.

SCREEN. APPLICATION FILED FEB- 24. I915- 1,158,858. Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

Witnesses r 755. mm.

ANTHONY ROTH, JR., 0]? NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY.

SCREEN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedNov. 2, 1915'.-

Application filed February 24, 1915. Serial No. 10,292.

To all whom it mag concern Be it known thatI, ANTHONY Rom-1,11 r., a

citizen of the United States, residingat New Brunswick, in the county of liliddlesexL and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Screen, of which the following. is

a specification.

Thedevice forming the subjectinatter of, this applicat on 1s a means whereby a screen may be assembled slidablyv with a door frame or a window frame, the invention contemplating that expansible screens can be slidably connected with a door or window frame or the like.

The invention aims to improve the mechanism whereby the screen is slidably connected with the frame and to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combina tion and arrangement of parts and in the details of'construetion hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in theprecise embodiment of the 'in ention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the, spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing :Figure 1 shows in frontelevation, a window frame to which the present invention has been applied, parts being broken away;Fig. 2 is a cross section on the. line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a cap employed in assembling the stiles with the rails of the screen, and for holding the .rails of the. screen together; Flg. 1s a section taken on the line 41% of Fig. 1, parts being omitted; Fig. 5 is a fragmental section on the line 55 of Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is an elevation looking at the side face of the track which supports the upper screen slidably; Fig. 7 is an elevation showing a modified form of the invention; Fig. 8 is across section on the line 88 of Fig. 7'. r

In the accompanying drawings, there is shown a window frame comprising stiles 1. The parting strip is shown at 2.

p The numeral 3 designates the guide which, cooperating with the parting strip 2 receives the inner, lower window sash (not shown) slidably. The guide for the upper or outer window sash (not shown) appears Referring to the lower screen, the same is shown as of a common and well known eX- pansible type comprising slidably connected parts. Each part of thelower screen embodies a top rail and a bottom rail 6.. The top and bottom rails are U-shaped in cross section, as will be understoodbest when Fig.

of the drawings is noted, the element 6 bemg shown in Fig.2. Inserted between the constituent side walls of the rails 5 and 6 are the horizontal edges of the screen filler 7. The stile of each part ofthe screenis of U-shape and is denoted by the numeral 8,,

this part appearing most clearly in Fig. 2. The stile 8 stands at right angles to the plane definedby the top rail 5 and the bottom rail 6. The vertical edge of the filler 7 is bent at right angles to the body portion of the filler and is receivedin the U-shapedstile 8, all of which willbe evident from Fig. 2. V

At the corners of the screen are located caps 9. Each cap 9 comprises a troughshaped arm 10 and a trough-shaped arm 11, these arms being rectangularly disposed. The arm 10 receives the rail 5 orthe rail 6, and the arm 11 receives the extremity of the stile 8.

Secured to the arms 11 of the caps 9 and located parallel to the stile 8 is atroughshaped slide 12 having lateral flanges 14L slidably received inhook-shaped flanges 15 formed along the edge of a track 16, the latter element being secured to the sash guide j Owing to the manner in which the flanges 15 of the track 16 cooperate with the flanges 14 of the slid 12 itwillbe obvious that the.

screen may be raised and lowered readily. The slides 12 exercise a double function. First, as their name indicates, they permit a vertical reciprocation of the screen, and secondly, since they are connected with the caps 9 they serve to hold these elements assembled with the corners of the screen.

The upper or outer screen is of the extensible form hereinbefore mentioned. Each part of the upper screen embodies a stile 17 which is U-shaped in cross section, one flange of the stile 17 being denoted by the numeral 18 and the other flange of the stile being denoted by the numeral 19. The top rail 20 is U-shaped in cross section and is straddled over the upper end edge of the flange 18 of the stile 17. The upper edge of the filler 21 is engaged within the stop rail 20. A vertical, supplementary strip 22 binds the filler 21 against the flange 18 of the stile 17, the'supplemental strip 22 terminating in a hook 23 engaged over the crown or top of the top rail 20. The .foregoing corner construction will be understood readily when Fig. 1 is compared with Fig. 5. 1

Secured to the guide 4 is a track denoted generally by the numeral 24 and embodying a base 25, an outstanding flange 26, and a hook-shaped lip 27 IVith the hook-shaped lip 27, the flange 19 of the stile 17 is slidably engaged and thus the screen may be raised and lowered. The bottom rail of each screen section is denoted by the numeral 20 and need not be described, so far as the connection between the bottom rail and stile is concerned, this connection being of the sort hereinbefore alluded to in connection with the top rail 20.

Latches 29 of curved or angular form are connected by means of pivot elements 30 with the bases 25 of the tracks 24. and move parallel to the bases. The latches 29 at their free ends bear against the flanges 26 of the tracks. Further, the latches 29 are offset and bear laterally against the hook-shaped lips 27 and thus the latches are reinforced and sustained, when the latches are employed for holding the upper screen in an uplifted position, as shown in Fig. 1. When it is desired to lower the upper screen, the

latches are swung so that their free ends no longer rest against th part 26, after which the screen may be raised and lowered at the will of the operator.

In the modified form shown in Figs. 7 and 8 there is shown a door frame 31 to which are secured pairs of guides 32 and 33. WVith the guides 32 is slidably assembled a transversely removable screen 34, a screen 35 being similarly mounted in the guides 33. Obviously, the construction is such that the screens may be mounted readily upon a means for holding the same assembled with the stile and-with the rails; and a frame carried track in which the'slide ismounted to reciprocate; i

V 2. In a device of the class described, a frame; a track assembled with the frame and comprising a flange and ahook-shaped' bead extended substantially parallel with the flange; a screen having means for engaging the bead shdably; a screen engaginglatch; and means for supportinggthelatch pivotally; the latch resting against 'the'.

flange and being restrained against lateral movement by the edge of the bead.

3. In a device of the class described, a frame; a'track embodying a base assembled with the frame, a flange outstanding from the base and a hook-shaped bead on the free I edge of the flange; a screen having means for engaging with the bead slidably; a latch; and a pivot element uniting the latch with the base; the latch constituting a screen supporting element, and the latch being adapted to rest against the flange, and the latch being restrained against lateral movement by the edge of the head.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in'the presence of two witnesses.

V ANTHONY ROTH. JR. lVitnesses:

WALTER WV. SMITH, ROBERT F. GOLD. I

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